Phillip Ross is the owner and founder of Metrofiets, the company that designs and builds classy US made cargo bikes for utility and fun. He’s the power behind the pedals for the Talk Show!

We discuss the Pedal Powered Talk Show, now in Season 3! A little about the Metrofiets Desk Bike, how the show works (or doesn’t, in the case of their recently revealed crash story), traveling to Eastern Oregon and an appeal to Portlandia!

Both of them also are enthusiastic supporters of the Salmonberry Corridor project to renovate a derelict rail line into a multi-use path from Washington County to the Oregon coast; so much so, in fact, that they rode self-supported to one of the public input meetings in Wheeler, OR to add their voices. We talk about all of this and more!

Doctor Jeff is our perennial transit-loving advocate with a heart of gold, a head full of jokes and a wit as sharp as whatever gave you your last paper cut. He joins us to hold forth on matters of transit, twitter, family, and vinyl. It’s been to long! So, let’s stay in touch this summer, eh?

Mark writes in on his experience with hammock camping – he took a respectable trip to Ionia State Recreation Area north of Ionia, near Saranac, MI! He now greatly prefers it to traditional tent camping.

Chris from Arcata on Devil’s Slide south of SFO (These twoarticles can tell you some of the story) & the new Redwood Lily Hostel in Arcata, first of it’s kind, here. Discounts to hostel goers on bicycles!